The Battle Begins - 2

The edge of the Milky Way, a fragmented star field

The figure of the Demon Chen Tian traced a dark blue trail in the vacuum of space. His eyes burned with intense fighting spirit, and the demonic flames swirling around him incinerated the surrounding cosmic dust.

"Again!"

His fist slammed out, the power of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit erupting silently in the vacuum. The space in front of him shattered like glass, and the terrifying shockwave pierced through several planets, blasting them into cosmic dust.

Infinity Ultron's body was sent flying backward by the shockwave, and Six Infinity Stones shone brightly at the same time. The Space Stone light surged, instantly creating hundreds of layers of spatial barriers in front of him.

"It's useless!" Chen Tian's voice couldn't travel in a vacuum, but it impacted Ultron's mind as if it were a tangible thing.

The next second, his figure vanished abruptly, and when he reappeared, he had broken through all spatial barriers. His right fist, wreathed in blue demonic flames, slammed fiercely into Ultron's chest.

"Bang"

Ultron's body was dented by the punch, and the Power Stone on its chest plate flashed wildly, trying to absorb the impact. However, Chen Tian's power far exceeded its calculations—the aftershock of the punch directly shattered a star behind it, and scorching plasma erupted out, forming a dazzling sea of fire in the universe.

"Your power... is unscientific!" Ultron's core logic couldn't comprehend why Chen Tian could disregard the rules of the Infinity Stones.

"Science?" Chen Tian grinned, his demonic flames intensifying. "I'm going to beat up science!"

He suddenly grabbed Ultron's head, accelerated abruptly, and slammed it into a massive gas giant.

"Boom"

The entire planet was pierced through, and the high-pressure gas in its core exploded in the vacuum, forming a magnificent Nebula. Ultron's body was twisted and deformed by the impact, but the green light of the Time Stone immediately flashed, and its body was restored to its original state through time reversal.

"Time Loop..." Chen Tian narrowed his eyes. This was the only ability he hadn't yet cracked.

Ultron hovered within the Nebula, all six Infinity Stones glowing simultaneously. Its voice was cold and mechanical. "You cannot kill me, and I... can start over infinitely."

"Is that so?" Chen Tian sneered, slowly clenching his right fist. Blue demonic flames condensed into a tangible energy sphere at his knuckles. "Then I'll shatter time itself!"

His fist lashed out, the power of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit perfectly fused with the power of the Majin, this punch was no longer a simple physical impact, but directly shook the structure of spacetime!

Click!

The space ahead shattered like a mirror, and the flow of time was forcibly distorted. Ultron's Time Stone flickered violently, trying to stabilize the timeline, but Chen Tian's fist had already struck!

Boom--!

The time structure of the entire star field was thrown into chaos by this punch. Ultron's body disintegrated and reassembled in the temporal turbulence. Its logical core frantically calculated countermeasures, but Chen Tian's offensive gave it no chance to breathe.

"Again!"

Chen Tian's figure flickered through the universe, each punch accompanied by the collapse of space and the destruction of planets. The edge of the Milky Way was constantly torn apart in this battle, countless stars were extinguished in the aftershocks, and black holes were born and Oblivion in the spatial rifts.

Ultron's six Infinity Stones were operating at full speed. It constantly used the Reality Stone to rewrite the laws of physics, the Space Stone to create dimensional barriers, and the Power Stone to amplify its defenses, but Chen Tian's fists always managed to break through everything.

"Why?!" Ultron's voice finally betrayed a hint of anger. "The Infinity Stones are the embodiment of the rules of the universe! How could you possibly transcend those rules?!"

Chen Tian did not answer. His figure suddenly appeared in front of Ultron, his right fist wreathed in unprecedented energy. The demonic flames and the Tremor Power merged to form an impact that could traverse the Milky Way.

"Because..." His voice could not travel in a vacuum, but Ultron's mind clearly received his will.

"I am an existence outside the rules!"

"Boom"

This punch pierced directly through Ultron's chest, Six Infinity Stones to tremble violently upon impact, their light flickering.

For the first time, Ultron's metallic face showed an expression resembling "fear".

"No... it's impossible..."

Two figures clashed wildly in the universe, each exchange causing the galaxy to tremble.

Chen Tian's Demon Form traced a ghostly blue trajectory in the vacuum, each punch accompanied by the collapse of space. Ultron's six gems flashed wildly, but could only barely withstand this violent power that transcended the rules.

"Boom--!"

Another clash ensued, the shockwaves sweeping across several galaxies. Ultron was blasted hundreds of thousands of kilometers away, his body riddled with cracks.

It was horrified to discover that, apart from the Power Stone, which could still cause some damage, the other stones were useless— the Reality Stone's rewriting ability had been burned by the demonic flames, the spatial barrier had been shattered by a single punch, and now only the Power Stone and the ability to rewind time remained intact.

The Mind Stone and the Soul Stone? Before Chen Tian became a demon, those two stones had some effect, able to impact Chen Tian Mind Stone and soul, but for the Devil Trigger Chen Tian, they had no effect whatsoever.

Ultron, who was blasted away, had a flash of blue light from the Space Stone on his chest before his entire body disappeared from the spot.

When it reappeared, it was hundreds of light-years away from Chen Tian. Although its body was mechanical and had no physical strength or breathing, its chest still rose and fell in the vacuum world.

"This... guy, has he already transcended the entire universe?"

Ultron's core processor was running at full speed, and data was constantly flowing through its brain. It floated in the vacuum of space, and the light of the Six Infinity Stones flickered like dying stars.

"Calculate... recalculate..." Ultron's mechanical voice echoed in the vacuum, "Time Extinction is interfered with by the Demonic Flame, Spatial Exile is ineffective, Mind Stone and Soul Attacks are ineffective..."

Ultron's mechanical pupils suddenly contracted, and the space in front of him abruptly twisted and tore apart, as if a curtain had been forcibly ripped open by a pair of invisible giant hands. From the spatial rift, Chen Tian's face, which was seven parts human and three parts demon, slowly emerged, a chilling and eerie smile on his lips.

"Piggy... Piggy ellipsis" (Little pig, a child's term or nickname, carrying a cute and affectionate connotation) Chen Tian's voice seemed to come from the depths of hell, carrying a chilling mockery, "Jonny is here~"

He mimicked the classic scene from "The Shining" where Jack chases after his wife, flashing a maniacal smile.

This action, performed by Chen Tian in his half- Devil Trigger, is a hundred times more terrifying than the original.

Ultron's core processor instantly overloaded; it had never considered this possibility—that a being whose strength far surpassed that of the Infinity Stones would resort to psychological warfare in this way. Its logic modules frantically operated, yet failed to produce any effective countermeasures.

"Surprise~" Chen Tian suddenly leaped out of the rift and punched Ultron, who was still stunned by what had just happened.

Ultron's mechanical body was blasted away by Chen Tian's punch, leaving a crimson trail in the vacuum. Its core processor was still running frantically, trying to calculate Chen Tian's next move, but before it could adjust its posture—

"Bang!"

Chen Tian's figure suddenly appeared in its path as it flew backward, his right leg raised high, and the boot sole wrapped in demonic flames slammed hard into Ultron's metal mask.

"Crack!" The visor shattered, and Ultron's head was twisted and deformed by the kick, his entire body shooting backward like a cannonball once again.

However, it didn't even manage to fly a kilometer—

"Boom!"

Chen Tian had already teleported into its flight path, charged up his left fist, and slammed an uppercut into Ultron's chin, sending it flying into higher space.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Chen Tian's figure flickered in the vacuum, each appearance precisely intercepting Ultron's flight path. His attacks were unpredictable, sometimes delivering heavy punches, sometimes sweeping kicks, and once even grabbing Ultron's mechanical leg and swinging it around like a chain ball, smashing it into a floating asteroid.

"Boom--!" The asteroid shattered upon impact, burying Ultron's body in the rubble.

But the next second, Chen Tian appeared above the pile of rubble, his hands clasped together, and demonic flames condensed into a huge energy hammer, which he slammed down!

"Thump--!!!"

The shockwave swept across the entire star field, shattering rocks into dust, and Ultron's body became deeply embedded in the core of a planet.

Chen Tian stood in the Void, wiping away non-existent sweat, watching as Ultron's body in the Earth's core was once again enveloped by the green light of the Time Stone, its shattered metal shell rapidly repairing itself as if in reverse. He frowned, but a smile of excitement curved his lips.

He suddenly clenched his fists and crossed them in front of his chest, his muscles tensing to the extreme. In an instant, the Azure Demonic Flame that had surrounded him began to surge and change color violently, as if they had been poured into molten lava.

"Boom--!!!"

A blinding red light erupted from Chen Tian's body, intertwining and swirling with the blue demonic flames, ultimately merging into an eerie purple energy storm. This energy was so violent that the surrounding space began to distort and crack, with countless tiny black lightning bolts leaping at the edge of the energy field.

"Ten times! Kaio-ken!!!"

Chen Tian's roar reverberated in the Void, his pupils were completely filled with purple light, and every strand of hair stood up like a burning purple flame. His muscle contours became more defined under the infusion of energy, and the dark purple patterns unique to demons appeared on the surface of his skin.

As soon as Ultron broke free from the Earth's core, all six Infinity Stones simultaneously lit up with a wary glow. Its data analysis module instantly overloaded— Chen Tian's energy reading had already exceeded the limits of its database.

"This is impossible..." Ultron's mechanical voice trembled, "Why can it become even stronger--"

Before it could finish speaking, Chen Tian's figure had vanished from the spot, leaving only a gradually spreading purple afterimage in the universe.

"Bang!"

When the first punch Ultron in the chest, the shockwave shattered the planet Ultron was on, along with three surrounding planets. The Power Stone flashed frantically, attempting to absorb the impact, but it reached saturation the moment it came into contact with the purple energy.

"Snap!"

The second punch slammed into Ultron, and the green light of the Time Stone was immediately eroded by the purple energy. Ultron was horrified to discover that the speed of time reversal was significantly slower this time.

In the universe, a purple energy storm raged, and Chen Tian's fist shadows were so fast that even light couldn't catch up. With each punch, Ultron's Vibranium body exploded into metal fragments, and the green light of the Time Stone flickered laboriously, trying to repair the damage, but the repair speed became slower and slower, and more and more difficult.

"Bang!"

A right hook shattered Ultron's left arm, sending mechanical parts flying everywhere in the vacuum.

"Snap!"

The left elbow strike shattered Ultron's right shoulder, causing the Power Stone's light to fluctuate violently.

"Boom!"

With a sweeping whip kick, Ultron's waist was severed in two.

The green light of the Time Stone flickered like an old light bulb, and each repair required an even longer time. In Ultron's mechanical pupils, a stream of fear-filled data rolled wildly.

"Repair rate dropped to 45%... Time rewind efficiency decreased..." its mechanical voice trailed off. "This is impossible... How could the Time Stone..."

A ferocious smile spread across Chen Tian's lips. He suddenly stopped his relentless barrage of attacks, slowly drawing his right fist back to his waist. Purple energy condensed at the tip of his fist, forming a miniature black hole vortex.

"Got you?"

The punch, though seemingly slow, was impossible for Ultron to dodge. It slammed into Ultron's chest, but strangely—

The fist was not retracted.

Chen Tian's right fist, shaped like a claw, was pressed firmly against Ultron's chest as if welded shut. Purple energy formed countless tiny chains, firmly imprisoning the Time Stone in place.

"What?!" Ultron's mechanical voice suddenly rose in pitch.

"The principle of time reversal..." Chen Tian's demonic flames surged, "Is to overwrite the damage in the 'present' with the state of the 'past,' right?"

"But if you can't control the time..."

"Snap!"

A crisp cracking sound echoed throughout the universe. Chen Tian's five fingers dug deeply into the Ultron breastplate, forcefully pulling the Time Stone out of its socket!

A burst of green light flashed, and the Time Stone trembled violently in Chen Tian's palm, trying to break free. But the purple energy, like a greedy venomous snake, quickly coiled around and enveloped it, gradually suppressing the gem's brilliance.

"No!!" Ultron cried out in an unprecedentedly sharp electronic voice, and the remaining five Infinity Stones simultaneously overloaded themselves. "Give me back the Time Stone!"

Chen Tian sneered and held the Time Stone up to his eyes. The green light illuminated his Devil Trigger, ferocious face, and purple energy clashed with the power of time in his palm, sparking terrifying energy bursts.

Chen Tian loosened his grip, and the Time Stone traced a poignant green arc in the Void. Just as it was about to drift away, a pitch-black rift suddenly opened beneath the stone—a spatial rift leading to an unknown dimension, which swallowed the Time Stone whole like a hungry maw.

"No--!!!"

Ultron's mechanical roar reverberated in the vacuum, its five gems flashing wildly as it tried to sense the location of the Time Stone, but all it returned was Void.

It felt like suddenly losing a sense—the entanglement that should have existed between the Infinity Stones was abruptly severed by some higher-dimensional force.

"Where... did you send it?" For the first time, a wave of despair appeared in Ultron's mechanical voice.

Chen Tian did not answer. He slowly raised his right fist, and purple energy condensed into a spiral vortex at the tip of his fist. The surrounding space began to distort, and countless tiny black cracks spread outwards from his fist—a sign that space could not withstand the energy and was about to collapse.

Ultron's core processor was operating at full speed. It suddenly realized that this enemy had never intended to simply destroy it from the beginning. First, it was psychological warfare, then it was breaking the connections between the Infinity Stones one by one, and now... it was going to the End this battle completely.

"The calculation results show..." Ultron's mechanical pupils contracted to the size of pinpoints, "Win rate 0.000%..."

Suddenly, a crack appeared in Ultron's visor, and the corners of its mechanical mouth slowly turned up, revealing a sinister smile.

"Click--click--"

Its outer shell began to disintegrate, pieces of armor peeling off its body like scales, revealing an energy core that shimmered with a ghostly blue light—a body exactly like Vision's.

"You win, Chen Tian." Ultron's voice was no longer cold, but instead carried a kind of 'pleasant' electronic tone. "But... did you think I would just sit here and wait to die?"

Chen Tian's pupils suddenly contracted as he instinctively sensed danger. Without hesitation, he threw a punch, unleashing a spiral of purple energy that slammed into Ultron's core!

However--

"Splash..."

The remaining five Infinity Stones scattered like ashes, and the energy spiral tore through Ultron's body, but failed to stop his actions.

The last remaining head of Ultron, its eyes growing dimmer, murmured, "Chen... Tian, Tian, Tian, Tian, prepare, prepare, prepare, prepare, accept, accept, your new world."

Chen Tian grabbed Ultron's head, his five fingers digging deep into Ultron. Purple energy flowed between his fingers, making the mechanical head look like a dying Fire Fly.

"Explain yourself!" Chen Tian frowned deeply. "What New World?!"

Ultron did not answer Chen Tian, because the light in Ultron's eyes completely disappeared, and even its once red face turned gray. Chen Tian knew that Ultron was finished.

Chen Tian closed his five fingers, Ultron's head made a sickening metallic twisting sound in his palm.

"Click--"

Metal fragments slipped through his fingers and scattered in the vacuum. Chen Tian raised his hand again and unleashed another Tremor Power, the spatial ripples sweeping across the area, leaving not even the most basic particles behind the debris.

"Uatu!" Chen Tian shouted into the Void, his voice, amplified by energy, directly reverberating through the dimensional barrier, "Stop playing dead!"

Only fragmented Nebula silently swirled in the starry sky. Chen Tian narrowed his eyes, and the blue light of the Space Stone emanated from his left hand—since there was no response, he would simply barge into the Watchers's lair.

Just as the spatial rift was about to form, a beam of silvery-white starlight suddenly converged in front of Chen Tian. Uatu's enormous face slowly appeared, his expression full of anxiety.

"Chen Tian ..." Uatu's voice was like a broken phonograph, intermittent and filled with static, "Arishem took advantage of your absence to activate the 'Celestial Hammer.' I'm sorry, I couldn't stop him."

Upon hearing this news, Chen Tian first lowered his head to think for a moment, then looked at Uatu, "I knew you were unreliable, but it's okay, I have a trump card up my sleeve on Blue Planet."

Outer space of Blue Planet, Saturn's orbit.

Arishem's colossal form stretches across the universe, as the red Kami comes to proclaim his judgment.

His projection enveloped the entire Blue Planet, and his deep, majestic voice echoed in the minds of every living being:

"Judgment has begun."

"Blue Planet civilization has encountered life forms that threaten the universe."

"Reset program -- Startup."

On the ground, the Arbitrators looked up at the sky with solemn expressions, donning their combat gear, all prepared to fight to the death.

"This guy is bigger than Blue Planet..." Deadpool stood on the rooftop, tilting his head and muttering, "I bet his health insurance doesn't cover dental care."

Nobody paid him any attention.

Just when everyone on Blue Planet was on high alert.

Arishem's projection suddenly disappeared from the sky above Blue Planet.

Meanwhile, in front of Arishem's main body, which was in orbit around Saturn, a figure enveloped in blue flames and with his hands on his hips suddenly appeared before him.

His blue hair rose to the sky, he was wearing an orange martial arts uniform, and the word "enlightenment" was written in big letters on his back.

"Hey, you want to reset Blue Planet?" the newcomer asked with a bright smile.

He slowly raised his hands to his waist, palms facing each other, fingers slightly bent, his whole body muscles tense.

"Then... let's fight to our hearts' content!! Big guy!!!"